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McCalls 6659 - Dressing Gown

August 28, 2015

I've never really been one for dressing gowns, they've just never really been my thing. However I recently decided I wanted a light weight dressing gown. I found McCalls 6659 at my local Spotlight during their killer pattern sale a few weeks ago. I grabbed it and got stuck in.

I used a voile by Cloud 9 that I picked up at Spotight on sale, the piping is a hot pink velvet piping from Lincraft and the tie is maroon grossgrain ribbon also from Lincraft.

I made a few alterations to the pattern, mostly because I had assumed that the voile was 150cm wide and ended up only being 115! I of course only had 3 metres which was what the pattern stated for 150 wide fabric. Thankfully with some clever cutting I got what I needed to out of the fabric I had. I achieved this by shortening the sleeves, who needs long sleeves on a light dressing gown anyway, and using ribbon for the tie.

I also added some loops in the side seams to keep the belt in place.

Overall the pattern was really easy to assemble, I used french seams for most of it to give it a more professional look. There were only 7 peices to cut (2x front, 2x sleeves, 2x lapels and the back). The fit is nothing fantastic but it is a dressing gown so it doesn't really have to be.

I also trimmed the hem with ribbon in an attempt to make the finishes a little nicer. Sadly I think it was all let down by the finish on the band you can see above. I didn't really think about how to finish it and while the pattern recommended slip stitching that is not one of my strengths and I'm sure it would have looked worse! Overall I am still happy with the way it turned out.

6 comments:

I am visiting from finish it up friday. I love the fabric you used in this project. Your finishes are really nice, I have not sewn a piece of clothing in a long time. I think it is time I get back to it.

Thanks Sherry! I love it too, I'm so glad I was able to get it out of what I had. For a long time I refused to sew clothes because curves scared me. When I realised they weren't that hard it's become a new addiction!

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Hi! I'm Emma! I'm a 23 year old from South East Queensland, Australia. My day job is an administration officer but when I get home it's hard to drag me away from my sewing machine. I chronicle all my sewing adventures here on my blog, A Hand Stitched Life. Take a look around and feel free to drop me a line :)